The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies approved $396 million in Fiscal Year 2012 funding for the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) on September 14, a reduction of $8 million from the current level. The Senate Appropriations Committee is scheduled to

Foreclosure protection offered to displaced families in several counties U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan has announced HUD will speed federal disaster assistance to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and provide support to homeowners and low-income renters forced from their

Changes in Technology Drive Proposed Updates The Federal Trade Commission is seeking public comment on proposed amendments to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule, which gives parents control over what personal information websites may collect from children under 13. The FTC proposes these

Statement issued September 13, 2011 by John G. Levi, Chairman, Board of Directors of the Legal Services Corporation: The U.S. Census Bureau released its official 2010 statistics on poverty this morning, and the data show that nearly one in five Americans qualifies for civil legal assistance at the

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced that federal aid has been made available to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and ordered federal aid to supplement commonwealth and local recovery efforts in the area affected by Tropical Storm Lee

Victims of Hurricane Irene that began on Aug. 26, 2011 in parts of Pennsylvania may qualify for tax relief from the Internal Revenue Service. The President has declared the following counties a federal disaster area: Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Lehigh, Luzerne, Monroe, Montgomery, Northampton

New Ads Drive Struggling Homeowners to Call 888-995-HOPE and Go to MakingHomeAffordable.gov Website As Part of Ongoing Campaign The Ad Council, in partnership with the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), have joined together to launch a new

The U.S. Census Bureau announced today (September 13,2011) that in 2010, median household income declined, the poverty rate increased and the percentage without health insurance coverage was not statistically different from the previous year. Real median household income in the United States in 2010